Datasets

Survey Microdata

• The IZA data sources website which has extensive links to survey microdata and other data

• Access Brazilian labor microdata from the Brazilian government here

• A website for sharing open data from Mexico

Climate Data

• https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data/prism-high-resolution-spatial-climate-data-united-states-maxmin-temp-dewpoint

• Carbon Emissions data from the EPA (USA)

• Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), a drought indicator

• CHIRPS Rainfall Data (highest resolution) 

• German Weather Institute Rainfall Data (Global Precipitation Climatology Center/Project)
  
  

Other Geospatial Data

• Open Cell ID project with open data on cellular towers all over the world

• The US National Map Data Download and Visualization Services 

• Armed Conflict Location Events Dataset (ACLED) - geospatial conflict data

• Upsala Conflict Data Program  (UCDP) - geospatial conflict data

University Geodata Portals:

• MIT GIS guide 

• https://maps.princeton.edu/

• https://libguides.library.arizona.edu/GIS/data

• https://geodata.lib.berkeley.edu/